SG Union Solingen
| Full name | Sport-Gemeinschaft Union Solingen 97 e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 1949 | ||
| Dissolved | 1990 | ||
| Ground | Stadion am Hermann-Löns-Weg | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
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SG Union Solingen was a German association football club from Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia.
History
The side can trace its roots back to an earlier Union Solingen club founded in 1897 out of the merger of a number of clubs from the district of Ohligs that would over time include Ohligs FC 06, VfR Ohligs, Walder Ballspielverein, and BV Adler Ohligs. Of the club's predecessor sides only VfR Ohligs would distinguish itself with any time spent in first-division football when they played the 1940–41 season in the Gauliga Niederrhein before being relegated on the heels of last place finish.
In 1949, after World War II, the club was re-formed as Union Ohligs and began play in the
Amateur-Oberliga Nordrhein (III) in 1989: by this time the club was suffering financially and would soon be bankrupt. In 1990 the club was dissolved.[1]
Former coaches
- Manfred Krafft (1986–1987)
- Eckhard Krautzun (1983)
- Erhard Ahmann † (1981–1982)
- Gerhard Prokop † (1980–1981)
- Horst Franz (1977–1980)
- Manfred Krafft (1970–1971)
Former players
Honours
- Amateurliga Niederrheinchampions: 1973, 1975
- Landesliga Niederrhein champions: 1969